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Featured Photographer: Robert Sturman – Yoga

Robert's work highlights the beauty of yoga poses, but for Robert it goes deeper than a physical presentation. He hopes that his photos can help people transcend how they see themselves as well.

Becca Borawski

Written by Becca Borawski Last updated on September 3, 2013

Art can be so much more meaningful when you know a little bit more about the person behind it – the eye behind the lens. That’s why I periodically profile sports/action photographers and their work. Read on to learn about photographer Robert Sturman and get a good look at the world through his eyes:

For professional photographer Robert Sturman, his medium and his passions have always been linked. As he explained, “When I was fourteen, my father gave me my first camera. When I asked him what I was supposed to take pictures of, he responded ‘anything that you love.’ That has actually been the greatest teaching in my development as an artist”

Robert’s work highlights the beauty of yoga poses and asanas, but for Robert it goes deeper than a physical presentation. You can see when you look at Robert’s photos that there is a spirit that emanates from the photo subject and the photo itself. “There is something so expressive about the human spirit that comes through in the yoga poses,” observed Robert.

Ultimately, just as yoga helps people transcend the physical, Robert hopes that his photos can help people transcend how they see themselves as well. That perhaps seeing themselves through his lens will help them see themselves and their lives through a new lens. Shared Robert:

Photographs are healing. An image can change a person’s self-perception. I realized that a couple of years ago when I decided to turn the camera on myself and do a series of self-portraits. I had always wanted to do a boxing theme and one day I chose to be my own model. I had been going through a tough time in my life and when I saw the images of myself as a warrior, something inside on me began to see that side of myself a lot more. Because of that series, I changed, I grew, I triumphed. Photographs can change the world.

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For more visit Robert Sturman Studio.

Becca Borawski

About Becca Borawski

Becca found her way to a career in health and fitness through Martial Arts and CrossFit. Originally a music editor for film and television, Becca started studying Martial Arts in 2000. Though she started with traditional Martial Arts it was not long before she discovered Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and her path was forever altered. She began training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) and Muay Thai and started working with professional MMA fighters, building websites, working on fight promotions, and producing videos.

As a competitor in BJJ herself, Becca wanted to get stronger and fitter. In 2006 she discovered CrossFit and became a student at CrossFit Los Angeles. In only a couple of years she became CrossFit Level III Certified, left her career in the film industry, and dedicated herself full time to coaching. She has since been certified through CrossFit in Olympic Lifting, Powerlifting, Nutrition, Endurance and Kids coaching. She also held an NSCA-CSCS from 2006-2008 and is a certified IndoRow instructor. In addition to coaching adults, she founded the CrossFit LA Kids program in 2010 and taught children aged 5-17.

Becca regularly takes on new sports, which have included indoor rowing, fencing, and most recently, cycling, as she believes it makes her both a better athlete and a better coach. In order to reach more people with her coaching, Becca also created ModernAthena.com – a website dedicated to women in pursuit of physical fitness and self-improvement.

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